Co-Sponsored Lectures
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Bilahari Kausikan: US-China Competition for Influence in Southeast Asia
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Bilahari Kausikan, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center.
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The Rise of New Religions in Asia
Speakers: Helen Hardacre, Harvard University Adam Lyons, Harvard University Frank Korom, Boston University Amanda Lucia, University of California Riverside Robert Hefner, Boston University Juliane Schober, Arizona State University Gareth Fisher, Syracuse University Chien-yu Julia Huang, City Colleges […]
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Nathan Vedal – Philology as a Discipline in Pre-Modern China
Boylston Hall Room 203 Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Nathan Vedal, Visiting Fellow, Center for Humanities and Information, Penn State Organizer: Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice, Harvard University GSAS Workshop
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Jeff Wasserstrom and Maura Cunningham — China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know
Harvard Coop 1400 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham Harvard Coop Book Talk In this fully revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Jeffrey […]
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Dennis Blair and Taylor Fravel – China, the U.S., and East Asia’s Maritime Disputes
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Admiral Dennis Blair, Chairman of the Board and Distinguished Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; U.S. Director of National Intelligence (2009-10); Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (1999-2002) Taylor Fravel, Associate […]
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Thomas Gold – An ‘Old Youth’ (老青年) Looks at Chinese Youth Today
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Thomas B. Gold, University of California at Berkeley Thomas B. Gold is Professor of Sociology at the University of California. Since 2000 he has also served […]
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Zhang Changhong – A Shift in Buddhist Iconography between the 8th and 12th Century: Rock Carvings and Mandala Murals in Eastern and Western Tibet
Speaker: Zhang Changhong, Palace Museum, Beijing; HYI Coordinate Research Scholar Chair: Leonard van der Kuijp, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/shift-buddhist-iconography-between-8th-and-12th-century-rock-carvings-and-mandala-murals
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Reporting on Asia – A Discussion with Four Nieman Fellows
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Glenda M. Gloria, Managing Editor and Co-Founder of Rappler, Philippines social news network Shalini Singh, Features Reporter, New Delhi, India; former reporter for The Week and the Hindustan Times; […]
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Gao Xiaosong – The Story of a Private Library in Contemporary China
Speaker: Gao Xiaosong, Director, Za Library, Beijing, China Moderator: Xiaofei Tian, Professor of Chinese Literature, EALC, Harvard Mr. Gao Xiaosong 高曉松, director of Za shu guan 雜書館, will speak on the Za […]
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Dwight Perkins – How to Measure China’s Economic Reform
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Dwight Perkins, Harvard University Dwight H. Perkins is the Harold Hitchings Burbank Research Professor of Political Economy of Harvard University, where he joined the faculty […]
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Hongtu Chen – The Aging Population in China and the Development of the Care Workforce
Speaker: Dr. Hongtu Chen, Associate, Harvard University Asia Center; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Chair: Professor Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Harvard […]
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Manoranjan Mohanty – China’s Transformation: The Success Story and the Success Trap
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, Council for Social Development, New Delhi Chair: Prof. Elizabeth Perry, Harvard University/Harvard-Yenching Institute The book provides insights into the economic and social transformation that China has undergone from 1979 […]